Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Drunken noodle or stir-fried spicy wide noodle with Thai basil and shrimp.

Drunken noodle or stir-fried spicy wide noodle with Thai basil and shrimp or "Phad Kee Mao Gung: ผัดขี้เมากุ้ง " in Thai. This is quick and easy to cook for launch. Flavored with Thai basil, chillies, garlic, bell pepper and onion and finished cooking with all ingredients. It is very easy to cook and delicious.

Ingredients:
1) 15 Shrimp
2) 1 package wide rice noodle
3) 3 sprigs Thai Basil or 1 cup
4) 1 Red Bell Pepper
5) 4 cloves garlic
6) 4 fresh chillies
7) 1 Onion
8) 3 thin soy sauce or fish sauce
9) 1/2 Tbsp lime juice
10) 3 oyster sauce
11) 2 Tbsp Canola oil
12) 3/4 Tbsp sugar

Preparation:
1) Clean and peel shrimp.
2) It is wide rice noodle.
3) Place wide rice noodle on a plate, heat in microwave about 2 minutes, and separate clumped noodles into single strips.
4) Wash all vegetables.
5) Cut onion, red bell pepper into small pieces and pick only sweet basil leaves from stem.
6) Remove chillies stems then use a mortar and pestle to crush the chillies and garlic.

7) Put canola oil into pan with medium heat.
8) When oil is hot put garlic and chillies into the pan.
9) Add cut onion. And stir well for a minute.
10) Add shrimp.

11) Season with thin soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and lime juice.
12) Stir well until shrimp are cooked.
13) Add cut red bell pepper.
14) Add noodle.
15) Stir very well until noodle get soft and get into the sauce.
16) Turn off the heat then add Thai basil onto pan.
17) And stir well until all ingredients get together. Then drunken noodle is ready to be served.
18) Place to a plate and serve immediately. Enjoy :-)

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Thai Steamed Fish with Lime Sauce

Thai Steamed Fish with Lime Sauce or "Pla Neung Ma Nao: ปลานึ่งมะนาว " in Thai. This is my second steamed the whole fish with lime sauce. I didn't change any ingredients but I have better photograph with my new kitchen to do entry for the blog. http://amporn-oleski.blogspot.com/2010/02/thai-steamed-fish-with-lime-sauce.html

Ingredients for the steamed fish
1) 1.8 Lb. Tilapai
2) 2 Lemongrass
3) 3 Kaffirlime Leaves
4) 1/4 tsp salt
5) 2 " galangal root

Ingredients for the lime sauce
1) 4 Tbsp lime juice
2) 6 fresh chillies
3) 10 cloves garlic
4) 4 Tbsp fish sauce
5) 1 Tbsp sugar
6) 4 sprigs cilantro
7) 1 green onion
8) 1/8 tsp salt
9) 2 Tbsp water

Preparation:
1) Scraped and clean the fish very well. Wash lemongrass, kaffirlime leaves and galangal root.
2) Score the fish at an angle all the way to the bones on both sides to help it cook faster and the sauce get through the fish better.
3) Tear kaffilime leaves, slice galangal and use the pestle to smash lemongrass.
4) After that cut into 2" length.
5) Divide lemongrass, kaffirlime leaves and galangal into 2 parts, bring one part to put inside the fish.
6) Bring the another half to put on the plate then put the fish on the top before steam the fish.
7) Heat water in a steamer until boiling. Then put the prepared fish in the steamer and leave it for 15-20 minutes or until the fish is cooked.

9) On the mean time while we are steaming the fish. We can make a lime sauce. Wash green onion, cilantro, peel garlic and pick up the stems of fresh chilies.
10) Chop green onion and cilantro, garlic and fresh chillies into very pieces.
11) In a small mixing bowl, add fish sauce, water, sugar, lime juice and salt into mixing bowl. Stir well until sugar dissolved.
12) Put chopped cilantro, green onion, garlic and fresh chillies into mixing bowl .
13) Stir well and prepare to pour into the steamed fish.
14) When the fish is cooked, remove from the heat.
15) Place the steamed fish into a serving plate.
16) Pour the spicy lime sauce over the steamed fish.
17) Here is Pla Neung Ma Nao before serve you can garnish with sliced lime and Enjoy!

Friday, March 4, 2011

Pineapple Fried Rice with Shrimp

Pineapple Fried Rice with Shrimp or " Khao Phad Supparod Gung:ข้าวผัดสัปรดกุ้ง " in Thai. I am not big fan of fried rice but I like to cook it when I have leftover cooked rice. It is good recipe to use leftover cooked rice. You can find pineapple anywhere in the market.

Ingredients:
1) 3 Cops Cooked jasmine Rice
2) 15 medium shrimp
3) 1 and 1/2 cups fresh pineapple
4) 1 onion
5) 2 cups carrot
6) 5 cloves garlic
7) 4 green onions
8) 3 Tbsp oyster sauce
9) 3 Tbsp thin soy sauce
10) 1/2 Tbsp sugar
11) 1/2 tsp curry powder
12) 2 Tbsp butter.
13) 2 eggs

Preparation:
1) Take 3 cups of cooked rice.
2) Peel the shrimp and clean it, and set aside.
3) Wash all vegetables.
4) Chop green onions, mince garlic, slice head of onion and cut carrot into small dices.
5) Cut the pineapple into small pieces.
6) Add butter in the pan on high heat.
7) When butter is getting melt, add minced garlic.
8) Add sliced onion and stir-fry until fragrant and onion is getting cook.
9) Add shrimps into the pan.
10) And season with thin soy sauce, sugar, oyster sauce and curry powder. Scramble the eggs with spatula and spread eggs in a thin layer.
11) Add diced carrot and stir-fry well.
12) Add pineapple and stir-fry thoroughly.
13) Add cooked rice.
14) Stir-fry until all ingredients mix together.
15) Add chopped green onion, stir quickly until all ingredients mix together, and remove from heat.
16) Put pineapple fried rice on a plate and serve immediately.
17) If you take the time to carve out the inside of the pineapple you'll have a lovely serving dish for a colorful presentation.